gobeur
French, noun/ɡɔ.bœʁ/
gobeur is spelled G-O-B-E-U-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gobeur is a French masculine noun meaning “a swallower, someone who swallows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui gobe”.
What does gobeur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea swallower, someone who swallows
- 2
masculinean easy and often gullible believer, someone who believes everything people say without their own judgment
- 3
masculineslanga drug user, especially one who uses hallucinogens
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui gobe. 2. Personne qui croit facilement tout ce qu’on lui dit, gobet, crédule.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gobeur
- gobeurs plural
- gobeuse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gobeur?
- /ɡɔ.bœʁ/
- \ɡɔ.bœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gobeur in French?
gobeur appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).